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driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

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deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

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beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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comb

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wind and rain; rainstorm

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appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)

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to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

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roguish; impish

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to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

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practice; practising; experience

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to be in danger of; to be liable to

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to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)

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strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing

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to squat; to crouch

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to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise

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gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

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ten years; decade

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

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closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly

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feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

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true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo

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having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien

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rather than

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rural area

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stock; goods on hand

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boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

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to be prolonged; to drag on

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questions and answers; dialogue

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to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

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mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

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to be; to exist

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inchworm; measuring worm; looper (caterpillar)

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dancer (usu. female)

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diversion; change of pace

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on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)

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blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

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staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

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straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

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suitable; satisfactory; desirable

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Mondonoshou

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long trip

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tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

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